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贪得无厌

[tān dé wú yàn]

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Definition:
AllAll,be insatiably avariciousbe insatiably avaricious,InsatiableInsatiable,as greedy as a wolfas greedy as a wolf,insatiabilityinsatiability
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1.
Insatiably avid For the dark and the uncertain, I shall not whimper like Ovid Chased from his Latin paradise.
我对黑暗和不确定的事物贪得无厌，但是不会像被逐出其拉丁乐园的奥维德那样啜泣。
wǒ duì hēi àn hé bù què dìng de shì wù tān dé wú yàn , dàn shì bú huì xiàng bèi zhú chū qí lā dīng lè yuán de ào wéi dé nà yàng chuò qì 。
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2.
greed or boredom do not really explain why he took the bait.
贪得无厌不能真正说明他为什么会吞下这枚诱饵。
tān dé wú yàn bù néng zhēn zhèng shuō míng tā wèi shén me huì tūn xià zhè méi yòu ěr 。
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3.
He might have done, one felt, had it not been for the restlessness of his nature.
人们觉得，他雄心勃勃，但从未如愿以偿。人们觉得，要不是他那贪得无厌的本性，他也许会有所作为的。
rén men jué de , tā xióng xīn bó bó , dàn cóng wèi rú yuàn yǐ cháng 。 rén men jué de , yào bú shì tā nà tān dé wú yàn de běn xìng , tā yě xǔ huì yǒu suǒ zuò wéi de 。
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4.
Compared with the excesses of today, scholars say, the early days of banking were a time of solid business ethics.
学者介绍，和今天银行的贪得无厌相比，银行的初级阶段就是完全的商业道德时期。
xué zhě jiè shào , hé jīn tiān yín háng de tān dé wú yàn xiāng bǐ , yín háng de chū jí jiē duàn jiù shì wán quán de shāng yè dào dé shí qī 。
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5.
Tassi denied ever having had sexual relations with Gentileschi and brought many witnesses to testify that she was an insatiable whore.
Tassi否认曾与真蒂莱斯基发生性关系，并带来了许多证人作证，她是一个贪得无厌的妓女。
Tassi fǒu rèn céng yǔ zhēn dì lái sī jī fā shēng xìng guān xì , bìng dài lái le xǔ duō zhèng rén zuò zhèng , tā shì yī gè tān dé wú yàn de jì nǚ 。
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6.
The residents in turn called it a raid on their land by insatiable city officials, and paraded a few poor old folk.
当地居民则还以颜色，称贪得无厌的市政府官员侵略侵略了他们的土地，且有数名老年居民进行了游行。
dāng dì jū mín zé hái yǐ yán sè , chēng tān dé wú yàn de shì zhèng fǔ guān yuán qīn lüè qīn lüè le tā men de tǔ dì , qiě yǒu shù míng lǎo nián jū mín jìn xíng le yóu xíng 。
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7.
Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.
贪得无厌的钱商的种种行径将受到舆论法庭的起诉，将受到人类心灵和理智的唾弃。
tān dé wú yàn de qián shāng de zhǒng zhǒng xíng jìng jiāng shòu dào yú lùn fǎ tíng de qǐ sù , jiāng shòu dào rén lèi xīn líng hé lǐ zhì de tuò qì 。
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8.
There was always an undercurrent of greediness, a hankering , and sense of waste.
总是存在着一种贪得无厌的暗流，一种非分之想，一种蹉跎的感觉。
zǒng shì cún zài zhe yī zhǒng tān dé wú yàn de àn liú , yī zhǒng fēi fèn zhī xiǎng , yī zhǒng cuō tuó de gǎn jué 。
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9.
Then came the peasant with a cudgel, and beat him sorely; but the fox leaped away into the forest, very glad to get rid of the old glutton.
农夫拿着一根棍子把狼打死了，而狐狸却跑回了森林，为能够摆脱那贪得无厌的狼而感到十分高兴。
nóng fū ná zhe yī gēn gùn zi bǎ láng dǎ sǐ le , ér hú li què pǎo huí le sēn lín , wèi néng gòu bǎi tuō nà tān dé wú yàn de láng ér gǎn dào shí fēn gāo xìng 。
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10.
They can become Billionaires the honest way but then they get greedy and like this guy, end up in jail or get beheaded.
他们以最诚实的方式成为了亿万富翁，但随后就像这家伙一样贪得无厌，最终进了监狱或被枪毙。
tā men yǐ zuì chéng shí de fāng shì chéng wèi le yì wàn fù wēng , dàn suí hòu jiù xiàng zhè jiā huo yí yàng tān dé wú yàn , zuì zhōng jìn le jiān yù huò bèi qiāng bì 。
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